Revenue rose five percent from a year earlier to 26.84 billion rupees, the New Delhi-based company said.

Four analysts on average expected the company to report a profit of 3.54 billion rupees, while the average revenue estimate of five analysts was 27.16 billion rupees, according to Thomson Reuters StarMine.

Bharti Infratel, which raised $750 million in December in what was India\'s biggest IPO in two years, owns 42 percent of Indus Towers, the world\'s biggest tower company by number of telecommunication towers.

At 11.03 a.m., shares in Bharti Infratel were down 2.8 percent after the results in a Mumbai market that was up 0.2 percent. The stock is down 30 percent from its IPO price of 220 rupees. News From: http://www.7StarNews.com